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Lloyd James Austin III (born August 8, 1953) is a retired United States Army officer and current civil servant who has served as the 28th United States secretary of defense since January 22, 2021. Before retiring from the military in 2016, Austin served as the 12th commander of United States Central Command (CENTCOM), beginning in March 2013. [ 1 ]
New Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, the first Black person responsible for overseeing the nation’s armed forces, says his life experience has readied him to tackle extremism in the military’s ...
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin gave an impassioned defense of women in combat on Tuesday following Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Defense, arguing that ...
Barring women from combat, a ban that was lifted in 2016, would make the military smaller and weaker, Austin said. Women make up about 17% of the military's ranks. Women make up about 17% of the ...
Lloyd Austin: Joe Biden: Gregory M. Kausner [21] 2 August 2021 [20] – 7 February 2022 (Performing the Duties of) Lloyd Austin: Joe Biden: Andrew P. Hunter: 7 February 2022 [22] – 15 April 2022 (Performing the Duties of) Lloyd Austin: Joe Biden: William A. LaPlante: 15 April 2022 [23] – present Lloyd Austin: Joe Biden
On the night of Austin's ambulance ride to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, his personal security detail was with him, and A timeline of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's ...
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin arrived in Kyiv early Monday morning, as the future of US aid to Ukraine hangs in the balance of the imminent US presidential election and as Russia continues to ...
Lloyd Austin: January 22, 2021 [2] (Confirmed January 22, 2021, 93–2) [RC 1] — — Deputy Secretary of Defense. Kathleen Hicks: February 9, 2021 [3] (Confirmed February 8, 2021 by voice vote) [V 1] — — Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. Chris Meagher: September 9, 2022 — John Kirby [4] January 20, 2021 May 27, 2022